Cyber Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Russia-linked APT groups exploited Lithuanian infrastructure to launch attacks (Security Affairs) Russia-linked APT groups leveraged the Lithuanian nation’s technology infrastructure to launch cyber-attacks against targets worldwide. The annual national security threat assessment report released by Lithuania’s State Security Department states that Russia-linked APT groups conducted cyber-attacks against top Lithuanian officials and decision-makers last in 2020. APT29 state-sponsored hackers also exploited Lithuania’s information technology infrastructure to carry […]
Global Hack Breaches Thousands of Microsoft Business Accounts (Bloomberg) Number of victims of Chinese attack continues to grow rapidly. White House warns companies to take threat “very seriously.”
Microsoft Exchange Server exposes tens of thousands of organisations to cyber attack (Computing) Hackers can install tools that allow total remote control over affected systems
Microsoft Attack Blamed on China Morphs Into Global Crisis (Washington Post) A sophisticated attack on Microsoft Corp.’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis, as hackers race to infect as many victims as possible before companies can secure their computer systems.The attack, which Microsoft has said started with a Chinese government-backed hacking group, has so far claimed at least 60,000 known victims globally, according to a former senior U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation. Many of them appear to be small or medium-sized businesses caught in a wide net the attackers cast as Microsoft worked to shut down the hack.
Hackers Breach Thousands of Microsoft Customers Around the World (Washington Post) A sophisticated attack on Microsoft Corp.’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis, as hackers race to infect as many victims as possible before companies can secure their computer systems.The attack, which Microsoft has said started with a Chinese government-backed hacking group, has so far claimed at least 60,000 known victims globally, according to a former senior U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation. Many of them appear to be small or
China-Linked Hack Hits Tens of Thousands of U.S. Microsoft Customers (Wall Street Journal) The cyberattack on the company’s Outlook email software is believed to have infected American businesses, government offices and schools.
HAFNIUM Exchange Zero-Day Scanning (Infocyte) Infocyte provides recommendations for patching and hunt for evidence of exploitation with our hafnium WebShell exchange zero-day extension.
Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims (Wired) A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught.
At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software (KrebsOnSecurity) At least 30,000 organizations across the United States -- including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities and local governments -- have over the past few days been hacked by an unusually aggressive Chinese cyber espionage unit that's focused on stealing email from victim organizations, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The espionage group is exploiting…
Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Targeted Groups via Server Software (NTD) A China-linked cyber-espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server ...
Microsoft hack: White House warns of 'active threat' of email attack (BBC News) The tech giant says a state-sponsored group operating out of China is breaching email servers.
White House warns of ‘large number’ of victims in Microsoft hack (Silicon Valley Business Journal) On Tuesday, Microsoft published a blog post in which it said a group of hackers had launched “limited and targeted attacks” to gain access to emails.
China’s and Russia’s Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack (Wired) The full extent of the SolarWinds hack and Hafnium’s attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known.
Supernova malware clues link Chinese threat group Spiral to SolarWinds server hacks (ZDNet) SolarWinds servers are being exploited to deploy the malicious .NET web shell.
WSJ News Exclusive | Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims to Undermine Confidence in Pfizer, Other Covid-19 Vaccines, U.S. Officials Say (Wall Street Journal) Russian intelligence agencies are trying to undermine confidence in Pfizer’s and other Western vaccines, using online publications that have questioned the vaccines’ development and safety, U.S. officials said.
Russia is using online disinformation to trash rival COVID-19 vaccines (Engadget) Russia is mounting an online disinformation campaign to attack rivals to its Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine.
Chinese, Russian Hackers Reportedly Stole European Vaccine Data (Gizmodo) Both China and Russia were reportedly behind two cyberattacks last year at the European Medicines Agency that compromised documents related to covid-19 vaccines and treatments.
Russian, Chinese hackers targeted Europe drug regulator: newspaper (Reuters) A Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies were behind cyberattacks on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) last year, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported, citing sources close to the investigation into the breach.
Chinese vaccine research institutes subject to frequent cyberattacks, no need to ‘steal’ from others: political advisor (Global Times) During the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, China's healthcare system, vaccine research institutions and research institutes were subject to frequent cyberattacks, and reports that claimed Chinese hackers launched cyberattacks typically showed that
Gab data breach may include 70GB of data on 15,000 users (Engadget) A self-proclaimed hacktivist who goes by the handle “JaXpArO” reportedly obtained more than 70GB of data on Gab users.
PrismHR Security Incident Downs Software, Forcing Payroll Companies to Get Creative (Wall Street Journal) The business software company said the incident affected its payroll and benefits platforms, which are used by providers of outsourced human-resource and payroll services.
The Accellion Breach Keeps Getting Worse—and More Expensive (Wired) What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.
Accellion Attack Involved Extensive Reverse Engineering (BankInfo Security) Using a nearly 20-year-old file transfer product - what could go wrong? Among the many lessons to be learned from the Accellion File Transfer Appliance mess is this: Attackers will devote substantial resources to reverse-engineer hardware, software or a service if there's a financial upside.
16Shop adds phishing kit to target cash app users (Security Magazine) The developer of the 16Shop phishing platform added a new component that targets users of popular Cash App mobile payment service, according to reports.
Cyber Threats to the Black Community (Recorded Future) To honor Black History Month, Insikt Group conducted research into cyber threats that are facing the Black community within the United States.
CompuCom Hit By DarkSide Ransomware, Tells Customers: Report (CRN) CompuCom told customers it suffered a DarkSide ransomware attack after the hackers acquired administrative credentials for the Office Depot subsidiary, according to BleepingComputer.
SITA Supply Chain Breach Hits Multiple Airlines (Infosecurity Magazine) Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines affected
SITA falls victim to cyber-attack (Asian Aviation) Airline technology provider SITA confirmed on 4 March that its servers were breached in a cyber-attack
British Airways customer data at risk after cyber attack (Yahoo) The company said it came after a “highly sophisticated” attack on an IT systems operator used by airlines.
Airline IT provider SITA suffers data breach (Computing) Tens of thousands of airline passengers have been impacted as a result of the attack on SITA's servers
Why You Should Change The Passwords On Your Frequent Flier Accounts Today (Forbes) A “highly sophisticated” cyber attack has compromised the personal data of millions of travelers enrolled in airline loyalty programs.
PrismHR outage possibly caused by a ransomware attack, experts believe (teiss) PrismHR suffered a cyber attack last week which forced it to shut down its flagship software that serves thousands of organisations worldwide.
Queen's University takes 'precautions' after cyber-attack attempt (BBC News) Queen's University Belfast suspends access to some of its systems following the incident last month.
Nottinghamshire schools suspend online learning following cyber attack (ComputerWeekly) Cyber attack on central trust that manages secondary schools in Nottinghamshire leaves them unable to access IT systems and deliver remote lessons
Cyber attack disrupts University of the Highlands and Islands' systems and networks (Northern Times) The University of the Highlands and Islands is experiencing an ongoing 'cyber incident'.
Security Patches, Mitigations, and Software Updates
LastPass Now Offers the Flexibility to Authenticate Into the Vault & Single Sign-On Applications With SMS Passcode, Voice Call or YubiKey (CRN - India) LastPass delivers both personal and business customers with the flexibility to authenticate into the LastPass vault using any cell phone or landline via voice call and SMS passcode authentication
Cyber Trends
Opportunity in Cybersecurity Report 2021 (Tessian) Women in cyber are happier than ever, and 1/3 of recent grads are considering a job in the field. Want to find out why?
Bad Bot Traffic on Healthcare Websites Rises 372% As Vaccines Become Available Globally (Imperva) Nations around the world are racing to acquire COVID-19 vaccines and assemble digital infrastructure and web applications to enable appointment booking. As they do this, Imperva Research Labs has monitored a staggering 372% increase in bad bot traffic on healthcare websites globally since September 2020. In February 2021, bot traffic soared 48.8%, the largest increase […]
Pandemic-driven move to home offices opened new front for cyberthreats (Vancouver Sun) The exodus of office workers to home offices last spring created an increased risk for cybercrime, according to the security firm Fortinet.
End of pandemic might lead to a drop in cybercrime, says Kaspersky CEO (TechRadar) But not everyone agrees with his assessment.
Healthcare Still Seeing High Level of Attacker Activity (Dark Reading) Interest in vaccines is driving all sorts of activity, reports say, from vaccine-specific phishing to growing bot traffic on healthcare sites.
Marketplace
McAfee to sell enterprise business for $4 billion (Reuters) McAfee Corp said on Monday it would sell its enterprise business to a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group for $4 billion in cash, sending the cybersecurity firm's shares up nearly 3% in premarket trade.
NortonLifeLock gains on speculation may be potential McAfee target (SeekingAlpha) NortonLifeLock (NLOK) rose 3.1%after a report that McAfee (MCFE), which today announced it would sell its enterprise business for $4b, may see NLOK as a potential acquisition target
London cyber firm Kape acquires Israeli rival in $150m deal (CityAM) London-based cybersecurity company Kape Technologies has snapped up Israeli IT firm Webselenese in a deal worth almost $150m (£108m).
Tyto Athene to acquire AT&T Government Solutions (Help Net Security) AT&T and Tyto have agreed to enter into teaming agreements for opportunities in the DoD IT professional services market.
College Park quantum computing startup to go public in SPAC deal (Washington Business Journal) The 6-year-old company will merge with a blank-check firm to go public.
IonQ To Become The First Publicly Traded Pure-Play Quantum Computer Company (IonQ) Working to build the world's best quantum computers to solve the world's most complex problems
Evolv Technology, the Leader in AI-Enabled Touchless Security Screening, to Become Publicly Traded Through Merger with NewHold Investment Corp. (Evolv Technology) Evolv Technology, and NewHold Investment Corp., announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for a business combination that will result in Evolv becoming a publicly traded company.
DigiCert’s Private Equity Owners Said to Weigh $8 Billion Sale (Bloomberg) Clearlake Capital Group and TA Associates, the private equity owners of DigiCert, are exploring options including a sale of the security technology company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Clearlake Re-Acquires Precisely In $3.5 Billion Deal (IT Jungle) Clearlake Capital Group has regained a controlling interest in Precisely, the company it sold four years ago to another private equity firm called Centerbridge Partners. This time around, Precisely is a significantly bigger company, with a valuation of $3.5 billion and 12,000 customers. You almost need a flowchart to graph the on-again, off-again state of
Why this founder is building his cybersecurity startup in Philly (Technical.ly Philly) With an active meetup community and two local universities with cyber-specific programs, Nick Ascoli hopes his Foretrace, will to be one of many cybersecurity companies to grow locally.
Avast shines as demand for cyber security products surged (InfotechLead) Cyber security company Avast said demand for its products surged during the second quarter of 2020 in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic
Huawei loses market share outside China (MarketWatch) Huawei Technologies Co. lost ground last year to Western rivals in cellular-equipment markets outside China, according to an industry research firm, a signal...
Huawei’s Highway to Success Goes Through Russia (The National Interest) Russian engineers are helping Huawei find ways to reduce the burden of U.S. sanctions.
Why I Joined Menlo Security (Menlo Security) I’m Brian Howie, and I’m excited to join Menlo Security as Vice President of the Americas
Milton Security Hires Cowperthwaite As Chief Operating Officer (PR Newswire) Milton Security, a leading provider of Threat Hunting as a Service, XDR & MDR (MxDR) SOC Services, announced today that it has hired well-known...
Anomali appoints former Radware exec to lead APJ (CRN Australia) Stree Naidu joins Anomali as senior vice president.
Forescout Further Enhances Management Team with Appointment of Wael Mohamed as CEO (GlobeNewswire) Mohamed brings proven track record of driving innovation, alliances and growth. Greg Clark to partner with Mohamed to continue Forescout’s mission to actively defend the Enterprise of Things.
Products, Services, and Solutions
Blumira and Cerium Networks Announce Strategic Partnership To Simplify Cybersecurity (Blumira) Through this strategic partnership, Cerium will leverage Blumira’s detection and response technology to help its small and medium-size customers protect against cybersecurity breaches.
Trend Micro: Remote work drove high-risk email threats up 32% in 2020 (VentureBeat) According to Trend Micro's fourth Cloud App Security Threat Report, "high-risk" email threats rose by 32% in 2020.
The Stats are in - and They're Grim: Highlights of February's Crop of Cybercrime Reports (Ericom Blog) 2020 cybersecurity reports confirm cybercriminals' abilities to rapidly pivot to exploit new opportunities as they arise. And confirm the wisdom of Zero Trust approaches that assume breach.
GrammaTech Allies with GitLab to Advance DevSecOps (DevOps.com) GrammaTech has partnered with GitLab to integrate its GrammaTech CodeSonar SAST tools with the GitLab Ultimate DevSecOps platform.
CrowdStrike Falcon Enhances SOC Security Workflow Automation (MSSP Alert) CrowdStrike Falcon enhancements seek to drive Security Operations Center (SOC) workflow automation for faster incident detection & response.
Microsoft's security roadmap goes all-in on 365 Defender (SearchSecurity) A Microsoft Ignite session Wednesday offered a glimpse into the tech giant's security strategy, with a focus on 365 Defender and its new threat analytics feature.
Bridgecrew shifts cloud security all the way left with real-time scanning and fixes in VS Code (PR Newswire) Bridgecrew, the DevSecOps company that automates cloud security, today announces they've shifted their security scanning and fixing technology...
ZeroFOX signs CSSA as its sole distributor - Intelligent CIO Africa (Intelligent CIO Africa) ZeroFOX, a provider of digital risk protection services, has brought a rapidly evolving and intuitive cybersecurity platform to the South African market after it signed CSSA as it sole distributor. Designed to protect critical digital assets across the public attack surface, the platform improves the organisation’s ability to predict, prevent, detect and respond to issues […]
StrikeForce Announces Commercial Availability of Video Conferencing Platform SafeVchat™ to Protect the Hybrid-Workforce From Hackers and Data Breaches (GlobeNewswire) Built with Cyber Technology and Security Expertise, New Video Conferencing Solution Now Widely Available is the Most Secure Alternative to Zoom and Other Vulnerable Platforms
Aqua Security Announces Security and Compliance Certifications (Aqua) Aqua Security has achieved both ISO 27001 and SOC Type II certifications to validate the company’s enterprise-ready SaaS offerings
StrikeForce Announces Commercial Availability of Video Conferencing Platform SafeVchat™ to Protect the Hybrid-Workforce From Hackers and Data Breaches (GlobeNewswire) Built with Cyber Technology and Security Expertise, New Video Conferencing Solution Now Widely Available is the Most Secure Alternative to Zoom and Other Vulnerable Platforms
New Book by Co-Director of Advanced Cybersecurity Program Reveals Effective Cybersecurity Measures for Enterprises & Consumers (BusinessWire) Neil Daswani is releasing his highly anticipated book, Big Breaches: Cybersecurity Lessons for Everyone
Technologies, Techniques, and Standards
Selecting a Protective DNS Service (Cybersecurity Information) Why Protective DNS?
NSA and CISA promote PDNS concept (The Record by Recorded Future) The US National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have published this week a joint advisory urging companies to adopt DNS-based security solutions as part of a concept the agencies are calling Protective DNS (PDNS).
NSA and CISA release cybersecurity guidance on strengthening cyber defense through protective DNS (Security Magazine) The National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a cybersecurity information sheet, “Selecting a Protective DNS Service. This publication details the benefits of using a Protective Domain Name System (PDNS), which criteria to consider when selecting a PDNS provider, and how to effectively implement PDNS.
NSA, CISA, issue guidance on Protective DNS services (SC Media) The NSA and CISA released a joint information sheet Thursday that offers guidance on the benefits of using a Protective Domain Name System.
White House Cybersecurity Adviser Wants a 'Cleanliness Rating' for Software Security (The Record by Recorded Future) Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger floated a cybersecurity idea from an unlikely place: New York City dining establishments.
How to Cope with Disruptive Shifts in Cyberattacks (CSO Online) The best cybersecurity defense requires agility, so security teams, strategies, and solutions all need to be adaptable.
Remote Browser Isolation—Creating a Patch Buffer (Menlo Security) Patch lag is becoming a serious issue. The need to protect the customer before and after a patch is released is critically important.
Council Post: De-Risking Business Partnerships In An Application-Driven Economy (Forbes) Today, every company that we interact with daily is an online business – in some form – and served through web and mobile applications.
Internally and for clients, how law firms grapple with supply chain breaches (SC Media) Law firms find themselves doing double duty: providing support to clients, and assessing internal safeguards to practice what they preach.
Research and Development
Creating a new type of computing that's 'naturally probabilistic' (Mirage News) Purdue University researchers are building a probabilistic computer that could bridge the gap between classical and quantum computing to more efficiently...
Academia
Aberdeen University to offer nine scholarships for Artificial Intelligence course (Evening Express) People interested in the world of Artificial Intelligence are being encouraged to apply for one of nine scholarships being offered for an MSc at Aberdeen University.
Virginia Tech expands program to Stafford County, will offer cybersecurity courses (Potomac Local) Virginia Tech has signed on to teach cybersecurity to professionals right here in our backyard.
FTCC faculty member recognized by international cybersecurity organization (Up and Coming Weekly) Fayetteville Technical Community College cybersecurity instructor Chris Herring has been recognized by the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants with its 2020 Academic Instructor Circle of Excellence Award. The organization is also known as the EC-Council.
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Legislation, Policy, and Regulation
Chinese foreign minister takes firm tone, calls for 'non-interference' between China and the U.S. (CNBC) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a high-level press conference that the U.S. needs to stop interfering in what Beijing considers its domestic affairs.
Cyber threat looms large over German election (Deutsche Welle) Whether hacking attacks or disinformation campaigns, online meddling could sway public opinion and influence the outcome of the September vote, experts warn. Recent incidents suggest that the threat is real.
Huawei Gets a Respite in India from Bharti Airtel, Details (TelecomTalk) Huawei has just bagged a new contract from Bharti Airtel and it comes as a respite for the Chinese gear maker
US urges IT network firms to secure controls after cyberattack (Al Jazeera) White House official says threat to computer networks remains ‘active’ despite Microsoft software patch.
Preparing for Retaliation Against Russia, U.S. Confronts Hacking by China (New York Times) The proliferation of cyberattacks by rivals is presenting a challenge to the Biden administration as it seeks to deter intrusions on government and corporate systems.
The Cybersecurity 202: Biden faces fresh challenges from a massive hack of Microsoft email servers (Washington Post) A hacking campaign with Chinese ties and a growing victim count poses a fresh wave of cybersecurity challenges for the Biden administration.
Biden administration expected to form task force to deal with Microsoft hack linked to China (CNN) The Biden administration is expected to put together a task force to deal with major cyber intrusions that Microsoft said this week were linked to China, according to a US official.
Biden administration moving to address a global compromise by Chinese and other hackers of Microsoft email servers (Washington Post) The Biden administration is moving to address a global compromise by Chinese government-sponsored hackers of Microsoft email servers affecting at least 30,000 public and private entities in the United States alone, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter.
Government briefed on rising Microsoft Exchange breach figures (SC Media) New details confirm earlier reports from SC Media that investigators were finding substantially more instances of breached Exchange servers.
Beijing dismisses alleged Chinese hacking of Indian vaccine makers (Reuters) China on Tuesday rejected an allegation by a cyber intelligence firm that a state-backed hacking group targeted the IT systems of two Indian coronavirus vaccine makers.
China’s Cyber-espionage Capabilities Are Growing, India Needs To Invest More In Fighting Back (Moneycontrol) Even though New Delhi has sought to expand both it's defensive and offensive capabilities over the years, though, progress has been patchy.
China’s intimidation of India via cyberspace (dtNext) As border skirmishing increased last year, malware began to flow into the Indian electric grid. It now looks like a Chinese warning
Did China just wake us up to cyberwar? (Deccan Herald) On February 28, Recorded Future, a Massachusetts-based company that studies how state actors use the internet, put out a report that the massive power outage in Mumbai on October 12 may have been the handiwork of a Chinese cyberwarfare campaign against India, meant to signal to New Delhi what China could do at a time when the Indian army was locked in a border standoff with the Chinese army.
About time India seriously considers dedicated cyber command: Rahul Gandhi (The Economic Times) In another tweet earlier, Gandhi demanded that farmers should be given Minimum Support Price for their produce.
When Does a Cyber Attack Become an ‘Act of War’? (TheQuint) As Chinese malware targets Indian power system, we question whether cyber attacks amount to an ‘act of war’
The danger in calling the SolarWinds breach an ‘act of war’ (Brookings) Describing the SolarWinds breach as an “act of war” risks leading U.S. policymakers toward the wrong response.
From Solar Sunrise to Solar Winds: The Questionable Value of Two Decades of Cybersecurity Advice (OODA Loop) While the Ware Report of 1970 codified the foundations of the computer security discipline, it was the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection report of 1997 that expanded those requirements into recommendations for both discrete entities as well as the nascent communities that were growing in and around the Internet.
A ‘splinternet’ won’t solve global cyber defense problems (C4ISRNET) Countries will need to rely on each other more often for cyber defense and deterrence. Here's how one expert envisions that cooperation.
It’s Time for a Cybersecurity Quid Pro Quo (Nextgov) Require companies to disclose breaches to the government in exchange for legal liability limitations.
The fight against cyber threats requires a public-private partnership. Here’s how to get it done. (Security Magazine) In order to combat cybersecurity threats, the Biden administration and state governors across the country should immediately work to foster deeper relationships with the private sector. Tech and government certainly don’t always get along, but the threats we face now require a national effort that would rival the Space Race of the 1960s.
Five Reasons Not to Split Cyber Command from the NSA Any Time Soon – If Ever (War on the Rocks) In the waning days of President Donald Trump's administration, a group of outgoing political appointees unexpectedly pushed through the acting secretary
A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House (New York Times) Tim Wu’s appointment to the National Economic Council signals a confrontational approach by the Biden administration.
‘This could be dangerous’: Why Tim Wu’s appointment has Big Tech rattled (Protocol) A leader in the trust-busting movement will advise Biden's 'whole government' approach to the tech industry.
More work needed to integrate cyber and information ops, former official says (C4ISRNET) The former leader suggests ways the DoD should shift its thinking to meld cyberspace and the information sphere to keep pace with adversaries.
U.S. Cyber Command holds 2021 Legal Conference (U.S. Cyber Command) The 2021 U.S. Cyber Command Legal Conference was held virtually Thursday morning, and livestreamed on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. This annual conference explores current law
Litigation, Investigation, and Law Enforcement
WSJ News Exclusive | India Threatens Jail for Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter Employees (Wall Street Journal) The country is flexing its new powers over big platforms while companies are counting on the world’s second-largest population for growth.
The FBI and Iranian Espionage (Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies) On February 13, 2021, the FBI issued a public appeal to locate Monica Witt, a former US counterintelligence agent who def
Huawei CFO's argument in U.S. extradition case one for politicians, Canada prosecutor says (Reuters) Canadian prosecutors told a court on Thursday that it was not a judge's role to decide whether national security and geopolitical concerns can be used to strike down a U.S. request to extradite Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
U.S. Blacklisted China’s Xiaomi Because of Award Given to Its Founder (Wall Street Journal) The Defense Department labeled smartphone maker Xiaomi as a company that supports China’s military partly due to an award given to its founder for his service to the state, along with Xiaomi’s ambitious investment plans in advanced technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence.
Antivirus Software Trailblazer John McAfee Accused of $13 Million ‘Scalping’ Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme (Law & Crime) Antivirus software mogul John McAfee, who has been awaiting extradition from Spain on tax evasion charges since late last year, just had his legal woes compounded by federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Friday morning. The 75-year-old computer programmer now also stands accused of a $13 million fraud and money laundering.
Seattle’s surveillance contractor has history of illegal sales, bribery, worrying privacy advocates (Seattle Times) At street corners across downtown Seattle, eye-catching public art dresses up drab metal boxes full of the electronic guts that operate traffic signals. But there’s something more to these gussied-up casings.
